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Kathleen: The Celtic Knot
Siobhan Parkinson, Troy Howell
Paperback (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2003)Twelve-year-old Dubliner Kathleen Murphy is given the chance to take Irish dancing lessons in 1937 and discovers she has a talent for it. Simultaneous.
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Cecile: Gates of Gold
Mary Casanova, Jean-Paul Tibbles
Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)In 1711, twelve-year-old CTcile Revel is given an unexpected chance to serve at King Louis XIV's court at the Palace of Versailles, but in serving as a lady-in-waiting, CTcile finds out how complicated, and precarious, life at court can be. Simultaneous.
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Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot
Jane Kurtz, Jean-Paul Tibbles
Paperback (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2003)After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840s. Simultaneous. 75,000 first printing.
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Spring Pearl: The Last Flower
Laurence Yep, Kazuhiko Sano
Paperback (Pleasant Company Publications, Sept. 1, 2002)As China's Second Opium War against the British and French rages on in Canton, orphaned Chou Spring Pearl is sent to live with the family of wealthy Master Sung, but when Master Sung is arrested for protesting the government's heavy taxes, it is the learned Spring Pearl that may be his only hope for freedom. Simultaneous.
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Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway
Kirkpatrick Hill, Patrick Faricy
Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)Twelve-year-old Minuk's traditional Eskimo way of life is changed forever in 1892 with the arrival of Christian missionaries who not only bring their strong medicine, but also bring their strong diseases. Simultaneous.
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Neela: Victory Song
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Troy Howell
Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)In 1939, twelve-year-old Neela meets a young freedom fighter at her sister's wedding and soon after must rely on his help when her father fails to return home from a march in Calcutta against British occupation. Simultaneous.
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Leyla: The Black Tulip
Alev Lytle Croutier, Kazuhiko Sano
Paperback (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2003)While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720s. Simultaneous. 100,000 first printing.
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Leyla: The Black Tulip
Alev Lytle Croutier, Kazuhiko Sano
Hardcover (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2003)While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720s. Simultaneous. 100,000 first printing.
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Neela: Victory Song
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Troy Howell
Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)In 1939, twelve-year-old Neela meets a young freedom fighter at her sister's wedding and soon after must rely on his help when her father fails to return home from a march in Calcutta against British occupation. Simultaneous.
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Spring Pearl: The Last Flower
Laurence Yep, Kazuhiko Sano
Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)As China's Second Opium War against the British and French rages on in Canton, orphaned Chou Spring Pearl is sent to live with the family of wealthy Master Sung, but when Master Sung is arrested for protesting the government's heavy taxes, it is the learned Spring Pearl that may be his only hope for freedom. Simultaneous.
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Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot
Jane Kurtz
Hardcover (Amer Girl, Sept. 1, 2003)After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840s. Simultaneous. 75,000 first printing.
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Cecile: Gates of Gold
Mary Casanova
Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2002)In 1711, twelve-year-old CTcile Revel is given an unexpected chance to serve at King Louis XIV's court at the Palace of Versailles, but in serving as a lady-in-waiting, CTcile finds out how complicated, and precarious, life at court can be. Simultaneous.
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